Lithuanian Indoor Ski Slope Nears Completion (04-Apr-11)

New pictures published on the website of the SNORAS Snow Arena’s website....

New pictures published on the website of the SNORAS Snow Arena’s website - www.snowarena.lt - in the past week show the complex nearing completion.

The Lithuanian ski centre is due to open this spring and as well as one of the world’s largest indoor snow slopes will feature a raised outdoor piste open in winter too, the recent pictures show this to be snow covered.

Located in Druskininkai area, the SNORAS Snow Arena will feature a 460m long, 50m wide main slope, placing it among the world’s top four longest indoor snow slopes a little behind existing slopes in France, Germany and The Netherlands.

The unique curving outdoor slope which begins and ends next to the top and bottom of the indoor slope, sharing the 66m vertical, is 640m long and there will be an additional 150m long indoor beginner slope and an indoor terrain park. Slope pitch will be up to 25%. The full complex will also feature other leisure facilities including a 25m high climbing wall.